Water closet tank cover



May 2, 195o H. BACI-1u Em. 2,506,480

WATER cLosET TANK COVER l Filed Feb. 27,1948

Patented May 2, 1950 2,506,480 WATER cLosEr TANK COVER Herman Bachli and Harry S. Shapiro, Chicago, lll., assignors to Chicago Specialty Mfg. Co. Inc., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application February 27, 1948,7Serial No. 11,5534

This invention relates to certain new and usful improvements in water closet tank covers and has for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character which will be highly emcient in use and economical in manufacture.

A principal object of our invention is to provide a cover of this character which may be substituted for an original damaged cover of a water closet tank.

Ancillary to this object is also the object of providing guiding and locating means associated with the cover whereby the cover may be adjustable, for replacement of original damaged covers, to water closet tanks of different dimensions.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a water closet tank showing our improved cover associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the cover embodied in our invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same;

Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive are plan views of a guide block embodied in the invention.

The conventional and standard form of a water closet tank, with which our invention is adapted to be associated comprises the tank body I which, like its cover, is formed of porcelain or similar material. This tank I is usually supported from a wall in a conventional and well known manner.

Frequently the removable cover of the tank becomes chipped by reason of articles falling thereon or broken or otherwise damaged or made unsightly. To replace this cover it usually requires that the same be purchased from the factory as it is not the custom for the jobber or retailer to carry in stock replaceable covers.

As before stated, the principal object of our invention is to provide a tank cover which is adapted to replace the damaged original tank cover. It is our object to provide such a cover which may be adaptable for use with tanks of diierent sizes.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, we provide a cover IIJ' which may have bevelled edges II and ornamental corners l2 to present a pleasing appeal to the eye of the 2 Claims. (Cl. 4-68) observer. This cover III' is preferably formed for economical purposes of suitable wood and coated or painted to simulate the finish of a porcelain tank cover.

The cover III is held in position upon the tank I by an arrangement which consists of a latch spring I3 and adjustable guide blocks I4. This spring I3 provides a medial coil I5 through which a screw I'E is projected for attaching the spring to the cover. One end portion I'I of the spring has an angled end portion attached as at I8 to the cover. The opposite end portion I9 of the spring is adapted to have yieldable engagement with the adjacent wall 20 of the tank I0.

The blocks I4 are eccentrically connected to the cover Ill' by screws 2 I. The arrangement is such that by adjusting the blocks I4, four different dimensions may be had between the confronting edge 22 of each block and the adjacent longitudinal edge 23 of the cover IIJ'. Preferably these blocks each have embodied or printed thereon numbers, from "1 to "4 inclusive, to indicate the confronting edges of the blocks. In Fig. 4 the edge numbered 3 is arranged in confronting relation with the edge 23 of the cover. and it will be noted that the distance between the edge 22 and edge 23 is less than the distance between the edge 23 of the cover IU and the numbered edges, 2, 4 and 1 of the block (Figs. 5, 6 and 7). In this manner by adjusting the blocks a proper t may be accomplished between the cover I0 and the tank whereby to removably hold and position the cover on the tank. The tension spring I3 yieldably bears the confronting edges of the blocks against the wall 20 of the tank, thereby serving the dual purpose of frictionally latching the cover in place on the tank and at the same time preventing rattling of the cover.

The eccentrically mounted blocks permit the covers to be used with tanks of varying dimensions.

From the foregoing description it is clear that our invention comprises relatively few parts which enables us to manufacture the substitute cover at economical cost and thereby place the same upon the market at a price that will be attractive to purchasers.

-While we have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modicatons as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A substitute cover for a water closet tank comprising a cover element, means for locating and holding said cover element on said tank, said meanscomprising a plurality O fblock ele-A ments carried by the under side of said cover and adapted to engage an adjacent side Walkin"`v necting the block elements to the cover ,fQLrotation about said connection to vary the distance tweenthesideedges of thegblolcl.elementsgand dgeoi thecovrelernent.

and holding. `said Ecover element'ri'said tank, said 25 portion thereof and adapted to engage an adjacent side wall of the tank, and a member carried by the underside adjacent the opposite edge of said cover and having an elongated spring nger adapted to yieldably engage the opposite side Wall of the tank to bear said block elements against said adjacent side Wall of the tank, and meansl ecentrically connecting the block elern'entstothe cover to permit independent rotation of each block element to present selectively a fiat edge thereof against said opposite side Wall of *thev tank, the edges of said block elements being" designated by numbers carried by said blogia 4ele/ments andeorresponding edges of each b1Qek,=ele1nent;bei-ng indicated by like numbers.

` HERMAN BACHLI.

HARRY S. SHAPIRO.

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